User manual ELNA XPRESSIVE 2

[. . . ] Xpressive II User's Guide 07. 10. 2005 Elna International Corp. This Xpressive User's Guide and the Xpressive software are copyrighted by the developer of the software, Pulse Microsystems Ltd. 5 270 939; 5 343 401; 5 430 658; 5 506 784; 5 510 994; 5 541 847; 5 668 730; 5 771 173; 5 809 921; 6 196 146; 6 216 618; 6 390 005. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and/or nondisclosure agreement. [. . . ] The following are design editing actions that can force stitch regeneration in your design: · · · Resizing a segment. If line carving segments require regeneration, segments affected by line carving will be regenerated. Selecting stitches in various ways You can select stitches in a variety of ways. The Stitch Select tool allows you to select and modify individual or groups of stitches in your designs. You select stitches by clicking on a single stitch or by clicking and dragging to draw a box around parts of the design. With the Lasso Stitch Select tool, you can draw a polygon to fit around parts of the design instead of a box. The spacebar is a hotkey that toggles between stitch editing using the Stitch Select tool and outline editing using the Select tool. For more information, see "Editing Stitches and Stitches Groups". Typically, when you add or modify segments in a design, Xpressive will not regenerate stitches for the entire design. The software will, however, generate stitches for the segment being modified unless region carving or line carving requires regeneration. If region carving segments require regeneration, segments affected by region To select stitches using the Stitch Select tool: 1 In the Stitch Edit toolbar, click the Stitch Select tool. To select multiple stitches, do one of the following: Click and drag to form a rectangle box around the stitches you want to select. 2 3 ELNA XPRESSIVE II User's Guide 99 Click a stitch at the start of your selection. Press Shift on your keyboard while you click the stitch at the end of your selection. To extend the range of selected stitches, press Shift again or Shift+CTRL while you click any stitch outside the range of stitches already selected. Press CTRL on your keyboard while you click each stitch not already selected. 4 To edit or change the properties of the stitches, press Ctrl+E on your keyboard and choose the settings you want to alter from the menu. Deleting stitches You can delete stitches in a design file in a number of ways: use the Delete Stitch tool or Backspace on your keyboard to delete single stitches. To select stitches using the Lasso Stitch Select tool: 1 In the Stitch Edit toolbar, click the Stitch Select 2 tool. To delete stitches using the Delete Stitch tool: 1 2 Open a Xpressive Unified File (*. ESX) file or any other design file. For more information, see "Magnifying and reducing the view". Select the stitch you want to delete. In the Stitch Edit toolbar, click the Lasso Stitch Select tool. In the Stitch Edit toolbar, click the Stitch Select tool again The selected stitches are highlighted in black. 3 4 5 6 3 4 7 To edit or change the properties of the stitches, press Ctrl+E on your keyboard and choose the settings you want to alter from the menu. 100 5 In the Stitch Edit toolbar, click the Delete Stitch tool. The pointer becomes a pencil eraser. 3 4 Press backspace on your keyboard. Continue to select stitches and press backspace to delete multiple stitches. 6 Click the stitch you want to delete. To delete stitch groups: 7 Continue clicking the stitches to delete multiple stitches. tool to return to 2 1 Select the group of stitches you want to delete. For more information, see "Selecting stitches in various ways". Press Ctrl+E on your keyboard and choose Delete Group from the menu. 8 To delete stitches using Backspace on your keyboard: 1 In the Stitch Edit toolbar, click the Stitch Select tool. Select the stitch where you want to start deleting. 2 ELNA XPRESSIVE II User's Guide 101 The stitch group is deleted. To flip stitches in a design file: 1 Select the stitches you want to flip. [. . . ] You can select stitches by clicking on a single stitch or by clicking and dragging to draw a box around parts of the design. Once you select stitches, you can edit the stitches and add commands by using the shortcut menu options. To display the shortcut menu, press Ctrl+E on your keyboard while using the Stitch Select tool. Stitch to Outline Conversion (STO) Software feature that allows you to convert a stitch file to an outline file or any parts of a stitch file to an outline file format. Stock Designs Digitized generic embroidery designs that are readily available at a cost below that of custom digitized designs. Swiss Embroidery (1) Satin stitch embroidery; (2) Also recalls the origin of automated embroidery in Switzerland where the schiffli embroidery machine was developed in the 1800s by lsaak Groobli. Embroidery remains a government-supported industry in Switzerland today. Style See Recipe. Tacking Iron Device used to fuse heat-sealable items, such as appliqués, emblems and lettering, to fabric. [. . . ]